A new tax incentive has been initiated by the President Barack Obama under the law of the Small Business Jobs Act. The tax incentive is hoped to create at least $30 billion in loans and $12 billion in…

Small Business Trends and Entrepreneur.com both published predictable pieces on end of year tax tips recently.

Among the concerns coming up for next year, Small Business Trends points out that a…

Twice in October, President Obama aimed his weekly address in the direction of small business. The President discusses his move earlier this week to have the federal government increase the maximize s…

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. -abraham lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was asked by a young attorney how to build his law practice. His advice (part of it quot…

Thanks to Jim Hopkins at Small Biz for leading me to NFIB, the Voice of Small Business with 411 facts about small businesses.

Looking for information for a presentation, a business plan proposal or…

Do you work from home? Do your clients or partners ever visit your home for business reasons? If so, you should know that your homeowners (or renters) insurance policy most likely will not protect yo…

Recommend an IRS site? Sure, if it's a good one. And this is. Here is what the IRS labels a Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource. If you're looking for a place to investigate an…

What kind of legal structure is right for your business? Sole proprietorship? Limited liability company? C-corporation? Partnership? Does it matter that much anyway? Well, in some ways, which structur…

J. Douglas Miller in the "Small Business IP Protection and Management" blog tells us about a new program for small business owners from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO says tha…

One of the essential criteria for a binding contract is agreement, or in legalspeak, "a mutual manifestation of assent to the same terms." (Barron's Law dictionary 2nd ed.) Yet I come a…